Françoise "Adine" Masson was a French
tennis
Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent ( singles) or between two teams of two players each ( doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket that is strung with cord to strike a hollow rubber ball ...
player at the end of the 19th century and beginning of the 20th century. The daughter of Armand Masson, the founder of the
Tennis Club de Paris
Tennis Club de Paris (Tennis Club of Paris), also known as the TCP, is a tennis club founded in 1895 in Paris.
History
1895 to 1930
In 1895, a few sportsmen, including Armand Masson and Paul Lecaron, had the idea of creating a tennis club tha ...
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:fr: La Vie au grand air 15 September 1898 page=144] in 1897 she became the first winner of the French Open, French Tennis Championship beating Suzanne Girod in two sets. She also won the championship in 1898 and 1899 because there was no opposition and in 1902 and 1903 against Girod and
Kate Gillou
Catherine Marie Blanche "Katie" Gillou (17 February 1887 – 1 January 1964) was a French tennis player in the first decade of the 20th century.
Gillou won the French Women's Singles Championship in each of 1904, 1905, 1906 and 1908, having lo ...
respectively.
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Retrieved on 13 September 2009. In 1907 she won the inaugural French doubles championships partnering
Yvonne de Pfeffel
Yvonne de Pfeffel (30 July 1883 – 1958) was a French tennis player in the first decade of the 20th century.
Early life and ancestry
Yvonne was born as the younger daughter of Baron Christian Hubert Theodor Marie Karl Pfeffel von Kriegelst ...
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In 1904 she again reached the final but was beaten by
Kate Gillou
Catherine Marie Blanche "Katie" Gillou (17 February 1887 – 1 January 1964) was a French tennis player in the first decade of the 20th century.
Gillou won the French Women's Singles Championship in each of 1904, 1905, 1906 and 1908, having lo ...
.
References
External links
French Open – Past Women's Singles Champions
French female tennis players
French Championships (tennis) champions
Year of death missing
Year of birth missing
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